Ronaldo is absent. The nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2023 have been announced

Edition France Football has published a list of all the contenders for the prestigious award.

The names of all the contenders for the Golden Ball 2023 have been known. The prestigious award is traditionally presented by France Football magazine. And this year, 30 performers will compete for the main individual award in football.

The winner of the Golden Ball will be announced at the official award ceremony on October 30, 2023.

List of contenders for the Golden Ball 2023:

• Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)

• Nicolo Barella (Inter)

• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

• Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad)

• Yassin Bunu (Al-Hilal)

• Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

• Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

• Antoine Griezmann (Atlético)

• Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona)

• Yoshko Guardiol (Manchester City)

• Erling Holland (Manchester City)

• Harry Kane (Bayern)

• Randal Colo-Mouani (PSG)

• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)

• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)

• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

• Lautaro Martinez (Inter)

• Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

• Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)

• Kim Min Jae (Napoli)

• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

• Jamal Musiola (Bayern)

• Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)

• Andre Onana (Manchester United)

• Victor Osimgen (Napoli)

• Rodri (Manchester City)

• Bukayo Sako (Arsenal)

• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

• Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)

• Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)

Note that for the first time in 20 years, Cristiano Ronaldo was not included in the list of applicants. The last time the Portuguese was not nominated was in 2003. Then the prize was given to Pavel Nedved. However, a year later, Ronaldo was on the list of the best, then took 12th place in the poll. Then Andriy Shevchenko won.

Remember that 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is a 5-time winner of the Golden Ball. The Portuguese currently plays for Saudi Al-Nasr, having made 24 appearances for the club, scoring 20 goals and providing 7 assists.

news Correspondent.net on Telegram. Subscribe to our channel Athletistic